Keeping the name ‘Khalid’
Question
Please advise whether it would be permissible to name a child ‘Khalid’ or must another name such as “Ahmed” or “Muhammad” be attached to it. I was told that “Khalid” means “eternal”, and since this quality can only be attributed to our Creator, it would be wrong to give the name “Khalid” to someone.
Answer
There is no harm in naming one’s child “Khalid”. Hadrat Khalid Bin Waleed is a well-known Sahaabi of Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam, who fought a number of battles and was a very successful Commander of the Muslim Army. There was no other name joined together with his name hence, there is no harm in naming one’s son “Khalid”. Similarly, there is a narration of Khalid-Al-Johani in the kitaabs of Hadith wherein he states that, Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam was performing Salaah with the Sahaabah when a blind person appeared and thereafter, fell into a well. This resulted in the Sahaaba laughing aloud in Salaah. Here again, the name of the narrator was ‘Khalid’ without a second name being attached to his name. In the narration recorded below, Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam also used the name ‘Khalid’ without raising any objection to it.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
ما روي عن النبي – عليه الصلاة والسلام – أنه قال أما خالد فقد احتبس أكراعا وأفراسا في سبيل الله تعالى (بدائع الصنائع ص220 ج6)
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- Mufti Mohammed Desai
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